Chapter 555 – Removing the Demon Sealing Nail

Chai Lan, she’s Chai Lan?

In the cellar, Xu Qi’an opened his eyes with a start, narrowly failing to maintain control over the rat.

The disappeared Chai Lan turned out to be here, and she had been secretly imprisoned by Chai Xing’er in the secret room of the ancestral hall?

He settled his mind, maneuvered the mouse, and said, “Did Chai Xing’er imprison you here?”

The pudgy woman nodded.

So Chai Lan’s disappearance really has nothing to do with Chai Xian, everything is Chai Xing’er’s doing …….. I get it, I’ve finally gotten my fingerprints on it …….. Xu Qi’an exhaled with a sigh, then, he crawled over to Chai Lan’s side and crawled along her smelly body to her shoulders.

Finally, I could see the showy, and dirty, face underneath the messy hair.

It s the same as the portrait, it s really Chai Lan, I understand, I understand everything ……… Xu Qi an said:

“You don’t have to care who I am, later, someone will come to your rescue.”

Chai Lan shook her head “whimpering” as if to say something, not believing the mouse’s promise.

“I have no need to lie to you.” Xu Qi’an added.

Chai Lan slowly stopped making sounds, and after a while, nodded slightly.

The mouse nodded back, “hmmm”, and in the next moment, the fat mouse looked left and right in horror, wondering why he was suddenly here.

Glancing at Chai Lan, he quickly slipped away.

……….

“Amitabha, so it is.”

Zen Master Pure Heart recited a Buddha’s name with considerable emotion, accompanied by a sigh, and said:

“Scholar Chai Xian, your obsession is too deep, and your hands are even more filled with killing. Death is not enough to erase your sins, so let the poor monk take you back to the Western Region and vanish into emptiness.”

“Slow down!”

Chai Xing’er took a step forward and did not accept Pure Heart’s offer, saying:

“Master, Chai Xian killed his father first, and brutally murdered his Xiangzhou Jianghu colleagues later. It must be handed over to the government to be disposed of, and it must be disposed of together with all the Xiangzhou fellow travelers. It cannot be taken away just by your words.”

Pure Edge also took a step forward, drumming up chi.

Chai Xing’er’s chest was like a collision as she staggered back and fell into Li Ling Su’s arms.

The martial monk Jing Yuan said indifferently, “The Buddhist Sect does things and does not allow the monk to comment on them, Chai Xian has committed many sins and should be dealt with by the Buddhist Sect.”

“Arrogant!”

Li Lingsu was furious, whisked his sleeve and coldly grunted: ”This is the territory of Da Feng, not the Western Region. Chai Xian’s hands are full of murders, so naturally the government will deal with them. When is it up to you Western Region Buddhist Sect?”

Pure Edge’s tone was cold, and his gaze was flat in front of him, not looking at Li Ling Su:

“You can inform the officials, the poor monk won’t stop you, and go ask the governor of Xiangzhou if he dares to take the person from the hands of the Buddhist sect. Go and ask the jianghu people in Xiangzhou if they dare to take someone from the hands of poor monks.”

Li Lingsu’s face was gloomy, obviously exasperated by the arrogant attitude of the Buddhist sect.

Chai Xing’er took a breath, ”Two masters, Chai Xian is a member of my Chai family, and should be handled by my Chai family. Please, two masters, be magnanimous and hand him over to me …….. Ah!”

She suddenly let out a miserable scream as her body flew backwards, spitting out blood furiously.

Net Edge unclenched his fists, his face cold.

Pure Heart shook his head and said, “After dawn, we will leave Xiangzhou, and before that, we are unwilling to make any rash moves… Cultivator Chai Xing’er, why should we summon walking corpses and cause trouble in vain?”

With that, he looked in the direction of the same window and said faintly:

“Chai Xian is vital to us, non-taking away is not possible, so don’t pray for a mantis by the Chai Xing’er cultivator. We have long since notified Uncle Du Nan that he will be able to arrive in Xiangzhou after dawn. Not to mention the Chai Mansion, even in the entire Zhangzhou, no one would dare to stop him.”

Orange Cat Anne’s heart sank under the window.

Duran Vajra arrived at dawn?

I definitely can’t deal with a third-grade vajra, not to mention, I don’t know if he has any luohan around him, in other words, once the day breaks, it will no longer be possible for me to snatch back the dragon qi host.

Even if we found Master Sun, we wouldn’t be able to deal with the Buddhist Sect’s Lohan and Vajra.

The opportunity is tonight.

“Tch, the Buddhist Sect is indeed my greatest enemy on my way to collecting Dragon Qi ……….”

The orange cat looked grave.

At that moment, it heard Pure Heart laugh again:

“I have heard that the Heavenly Sect is too forgetful, successive generations of holy sons and daughters traveling the rivers and lakes, are all point to point. How to Li Shi master here, even sunk female color, can not extricate themselves?

“The two Eastern Cultivators of the Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea, Wenren Qianru of the Leizhou Chamber of Commerce, and Cultivator Chai Xing’er of the Chai Family of Xiangzhou are all Cultivator Li’s confidants. Is this how the cultivator cultivates Tai Shang Oblivion?”

Hearing Pure Heart’s words, Chai Xing’er and Li Ling Su in the hall, as well as the orange cat An under the window, could hardly contain emotions such as shock and dismay from welling up.

Lee Ling Soo exposed? Since Pure Heart and the others recognized him, they must have guessed my existence as well ………. No wonder they said that Dunan Vajra would arrive at dawn, obviously Chai Xian was only captured tonight, even if he was notified immediately, he couldn’t have come so quickly ………. So they guessed that I was in Xiangzhou through Li Ling Su, so they notified Dunan Vajra in advance. ……. No, how can they be sure that Li Ling Su has been with me ……….

Xu Qi’an steeply flinched, quickly analyzing the situation in his mind.

Li Lingsu’s inner drama was similar to Xu Qi’an’s, shock and bewilderment for the most part, followed by panic.

Chai Xing’er’s focus was on the two matters of “confidante” and “Heavenly Sect’s Saint Son”, especially the former, she violently pushed Li Lingsu away and broke away from his arms, her beautiful eyes containing a packet of tears, and she said in exasperation:

“Who are the Eastern Sisters? Who is Wenren Qianrou?”

Ah, this ……. It’s your good sister ah! Li Lingsu coaxed in a low voice, “Xing’er, this is not the time to talk about this, I’ll explain it to you afterward.”

Chai Xing’er’s tear-blurred eyes held emotions such as disappointment, sadness, anger, and wretchedness, just like a wife who caught her husband in adultery. However, in the next moment, these feelings were all collected.

She took a breath and said in a deep voice, “What do the two masters want?”

Responding to her was Pure Heart’s “commandment” and a rope woven of gold wire, “Colorless!”

Chai Xing’er and Li Lingsu’s hearts were cleared of all kinds of emotions, and even the flying ropes could not arouse their “survival” instincts, and they were instantly bound together.

The martial monk Pure Edge walked slowly in front of the two men and said with an expressionless face:

“Scholar Li, you have teamed up with Xu Qian to take away the Buddhist Sect’s greatest treasure, your crime is unforgivable. Logically speaking, it should be the poor monk here to kill you. But as you are the Heavenly Sect’s Saint Son, your status is ultimately different, so we’ll have the Vajra of Duo Difficulty to dispose of you.”

Li Lingsu’s eyes turned and she immediately begged for mercy:

“Grandmaster, Xu Qian and I met in plain sight without much interaction, and we parted ways when we left Leizhou. I don’t know anything about the treasures of the Buddhist Sect. By the way, I heard Xu Qian say that he plans to make a trip to the Northern Lands.”

He wisely cleared the air with Xu Qian and pointed in a haphazard direction in an attempt to interfere with the Buddhist monk.

Pure Heart faintly said, “There is no need to say more, so Shi Master Li should first think about how he will deal with Senior Uncle Du Nang tomorrow.”

When he finished speaking, he heard Pure Edge’s voice transmission, “He’s gone, should we chase after him?”

Pure Heart shook his head slightly and transmitted his voice:

“That’s not the main body, there’s no point in chasing it or not. We captured Li Lingsu and took control of the Dragon Qi Host. And hinted that at the first light of the day, Master Dounan would arrive in Xiangzhou. It was to draw him out.”

Pure Edge transmitted in a deep voice, “It might scare him away.”

Pure Heart nodded and said:

“But the probability of provoking him to throw his weight around is even greater, for us, if the Buddha’s son is scared away because of this, then we will just find another opportunity to capture him. But for him, once Scholar Chaixian is sent back to the Western Region, he will completely lose this vital Dragon Qi.

“In addition, I deliberately did not point out what punishment would befall Li Lingsu, and I am also putting pressure on him. Buddha Zi is a sentimental person, and he will do everything he can to try to snatch him when there is still a ray of hope.”

Pure Edge turned his head toward the door and said, “Everyone come in.”

The martial arts monks and Zen masters who were guarding outside the door entered the inner hall.

Without the need for verbal communication, they seemed to have known what they were going to do for a long time, and the Zen masters sat cross-legged on the ground, forming a large circle that surrounded Li Lingsu, Chai Xing’er, and Chai Xian.

Pure Heart then entered the circle with a smile on his face, “When listening to the sutra, one should sit cross-legged.”

When he finished, he closed his eyes and recited the scriptures.

A group of Zen masters chanted along with him.

Chai Xing’er frowned slightly, at first only felt the monk chanting, buzzing noisy. Not long after, but gradually listened to the fascination, generated the urge to listen to the dharma.

She shuddered inwardly, forcing away the imposed “realization”.

“This is a sutra used by the Zen masters of the Buddhist Sect to help people, and those who hear this sutra will gradually come to identify with the Buddhist Sect’s philosophy and join the Buddhist Sect in spite of everything.”

Li Ling Soo explained in a low voice, “Keeping the heart, emphasizing the self at all times, and recalling our pleasant experiences can effectively resist the scriptures.”

As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Chai Xian, the executioner whose hands were stained with blood, his face full of brash disdain and only a slight frown.

Li Lingsu withdrew his gaze and said, “The deeper the obsession, the harder it is to dissolve. Xing’er, do you love me?”

Chai Xing’er gamely looked away, her tone cold, “No love!”

………..

Cellar.

Xu Qi’an lit a candle in the low-oxygen environment, and as he stared into the candlelight, his pupils gradually laxed and his thoughts flared.

“Before dawn, we must recapture the Dragon Qi, or we won’t have another chance. This time even Li Lingsu was captured by them, alas, holy son ah, it is me who dragged you down ……..

“No, it’s you, the scum, who is being punished by the heavens, and I’m being dragged into this by you. It’s a bit difficult, if I strike tonight, I’ll have to face two peak fourth grades, as well as a group of monks of notable strength.

“How did Pure Heart and Pure Edge know about Li Ling Su’s identity? And when did they know? If they knew about it early on, then perhaps the Duo Nang Vajra has already infiltrated in Xiangzhou, just waiting for me to throw myself into the net, this possibility has to be taken into consideration.

“That’s a good point, I’ll give Heng Yin a disguise first and have him impersonate me to test the waters. If Du Nang Vajra doesn’t show up, I just need to settle Jingshen and Jinyuan ………”

In the dim candlelight, Xu Qi’an’s face was cloudy, and after a long time, he seemed to have made a certain decision.

Pulling out a fragment of the Earth Book, he took out the palm-sized Floating Pagoda from the mirror, and with a flash of golden light from the pagoda, Xu Qi’an entered the pagoda.

He came straight to the third floor, and the first thing he saw was the figure of Mu Nanjian playing happily with the little fox, and the reincarnation of the Flower God holding a piece of silver ingot in his hand, throwing it to the left and to the right from time to time.

The little white fox jumped up high to hold the silver ingot and sent it back to Mu Nanjian’s hand.

One man and one fox having fun.

“Ya, Xu Yinluo is back.”

Immediately, the little white fox did not bother with the silver ingot, his fox tail swayed and leapt over, raising his little head, his black button eyes flashing with a hopeful light:

“Can we get out now.”

“You can go out after this night, well, go to your aunt’s side.” Xu Qi’an gently kicked it toward the crown princess.

Mu Nanjian hastily reached out to catch it, and the little white fox complained accusingly, “He bullied me.”

Petulant, if it was Suzaku, it would have asked for a kick in the ……… Xu Qi an nodded toward the old monk of the tower spirit, and his footsteps did not stop to the broken arm of Shenshu, and he shook the prepared foot ring.

Tinkerbell …….

In the crisp sound of the bell, the Shinshu consciousness awakened, filled with malice and madness.

It feels like summoning a pet dog ……… Xu Qi An spat in his heart and said, “I will help you unlock the first seal, and you unlock the demonic sealing nails in the Hundred Meeting Points and Dantian for me.”

Shinshu let out a “hey” and said in a condescending tone:

“Aren’t you afraid I’ll turn against you.”

Xu Qi’an spoke in a calm tone, “To me, you’re just one of the choices, you can backtrack, and I can also return the Floating Pagoda to the Buddhist Sect. Weigh it yourself.”

Shenshi said viciously, “You dare to threaten me, just by you?”

“Cut the crap, either cooperate with me or be sent back to the Buddhist Sect, your choice. The current situation is your only chance in 500 years. Make up your own mind on which is the lesser of the two, no matter how powerful you were before, now you’re just a prisoner, so don’t give me any attitude.”

The pressure in the Chai Mansion made Xu Qi’an run out of patience, and not intending to spoil this broken arm of Shenshu, he directly disliked it.

Shenshu sneered:

“You’re in trouble in the outside world, aren’t you, otherwise you wouldn’t have come in to deal with me, you first cut off the seal of the Supervisor. I have to break free part of the reaction to have enough power to unlock the demonic nail.

“But for the record, the nine Demon Sealing Nails are one and the same, pulling out one leads to the whole body, so hey, the process will be quite painful. Hopefully, with my built-up strength, I’ll be able to pull out two of them.”

Could it be more painful than when stabbing the Demon Sealing Nail? Xu Qi’an nodded, “Good!”

What he had just said was from his heart, if Shenshu backtracked and didn’t unlock the Demon Sealing Nail for him, Xu Qi’an would find a way to send the Floating Pagoda back to the Buddhist Sect, so that he would never want to come out.

This was not only revenge for the broken arm, but also because this arm had an evil attribute, and by severing the seal of the Supervisor Zheng, he would come out in a few decades, then Xu Qi’an’s choice was to make sure that it never came out.

If the other limbs of Shenshu are all this evil, the agreement between me and the princess of the ten thousand demons can t be kept ……… This thought flashed in Xu Qi an s heart, and he lightly snapped the fragment of the book of the earth, and a small sword that was not iron or stone fell out of the mirror.

Using the few chi energy he had, he poured it into the small sword and maneuvered it to slash the chains.

In a “clanking” sound, the sword light danced, and the nine chains snapped with a sound.

“Comfy, comfy!”

Shenshu laughed maniacally, shaking the Floating Pagoda and trembling violently, and Munan Gardenia immediately hugged the little white fox and crouched down.

After an interval, Shenshu said, “Take off your clothes and come over here! I’ve recovered some of my strength and can try to pull out the Demon Sealing Nail.”

Xu Qi’an took off his robe and shirt, bare-chested, and walked closer to the severed arm, which was blocked by an invisible pale golden barrier.

“Ah ……”

Mu Nanjian let out a low cry of shock, staring blankly at Xu Qi’an’s muscular upper body with clear lines, seeing the dark golden nails embedded in the spine, heart, forehead, and dantian.

The flesh and blood around the nail could not heal, and struggled to heal itself, seeming to have become one with the nail.

Although Mu Nanjian had seen the nail at Xu Qi’an’s heart, it was the first time he had seen it anywhere else.

The little white fox raised his head and saw Mu Nanjian’s eyes reddening, “Auntie, why are you crying.”

Mu Nanjia didn’t admit it, “It’s you who lost too much hair and got into my eyes.”

“I’m not losing my fur, you’re just crying.” The little white fox was unconvinced.

Then being chipped a few scalps by Munan Gardenia, it gave in and weakly said, “It’s me who lost my fur …….”

Shenshu’s left arm, protruding a vein, his muscles swelled, showing a state of power.

Xu Qi’an could feel the terrifying power reviving from this arm and rapidly coalescing towards his index finger.

The index finger suddenly raised, pointing at Xu Qi’an’s belly, and a dark golden beam shot out, only to be blocked by a light golden barrier.

“Seniors …….”

Xu Qi’an twisted his head and looked distantly at Old Monk Taling.

The old monk did not say a word, hands together, but the next moment, dark golden beams of light broke through the barrier, “irradiated” in Xu Qi’an’s dantian.

Immediately afterward, he heard “buzzing” incantations coming from the void, everywhere, so dense that he could not hear what language it was.

Xu Qi’an looked down, only to see that the nails sealing the sea of qi lit up with a piercing light, and were being pulled out of the flesh and blood little by little.

As the devil sealing nails were withdrawn, the other devil sealing nails on his body resonated at this moment, and the wounds out of his heart chafed, and the wounds in his middle dantian chafed …….. The eight nails seemed to be pulled out together.

In just a moment, Xu Qi’an’s body was drenched in blood, sweat and blood mixing and flowing, his face grimacing in pain.

He clenched his teeth and bit through his lip as he endured the inhuman torture.

Ding!

Finally, the nail at the dantian fell to the ground with a crunching sound.

The remaining eight pegs are calm again.

The moment the nail was pulled out of his body, a terrifying Qi fluctuation, like a flood that broke the dike, was wildly declared, causing the Floating Pagoda to tremble once again.

“So it’s a third grade martial artist.”

Shenshu let out a “heh”, “The qi is so majestic, the foundation is very solid.”

His voice dripped with exhaustion, as if he was consumed.

Hoo hoo hoo ……. Xu Qi’an fell to the ground, gasping for breath unceasingly, the residual pain still tormenting his, but the powerful life force of the Third Grade Martial Artist had already begun to repair the injuries.

Flesh and blood wriggled and not a single scar remained.

“Grandmaster, actually, I was still a peak Essence Refinement a year and a half ago.” Xu Qi’an said as he caught his breath.

Shinshu scoffed.

They had time to rest, and half a quarter of an hour later, the veins in Shenshu’s arms bulged again, and his muscles swelled to gather strength.

This time, it took twice as long to gather power as it did just now.

As Shenshu had said, pulling out the Demon Sealing Nail would consume his power.

The hideous and ghastly arm raised its index finger and shot out a dark golden beam of light, this time shining on Xu Qi’an’s brow.

The latter emotionally sensed the abnormality of the brain, and the nails inside loosened for a moment, and then, slowly began to “rise up” to drill out of his head.

The remaining seven devil-sealing nails sensed each other and crumbled the wound once again ……..

Boom!

Xu Qi’an only felt his soul explode into countless fragments, all thoughts dissipating with it as his consciousness plunged into boundless darkness.

He didn’t even feel the pain this time.

After a long time, the “soul fragments” reunited and he awoke, his face twitching and his body spasming.

After an interval, he finally recovered and spat out in a vain voice, “Pain may be late, but it will not be absent.”

Two nails fell on the ground, and Xu Qi’an retrieved them first before he closed his eyes and concentrated, sensing the changes in his body.

“The dantian seal is unlocked, and the qi is able to mobilize, although several points in the upper dantian and the Renwu Second Chakra are still sealed, and the qi pathway to these points will encounter stagnation, but it’s finally restoring some of the strength.”

“The Yuan Shen has been completely unraveled, and my proud ability to “capture images” has been restored, so I can immediately sense danger if the Vajra of Duo Difficulty is in the vicinity.

“Well, the fleshly body’s qi and blood power can’t be used yet, or else there would be no need for qi at all, and a single punch would be able to whack the fourth product.”

Xu Qi’an opened his eyes, exhaled, and smiled, “Happy cooperation.”

Shenshu didn’t respond, its power running out and falling into a deep sleep as Xu Qi’an fell unconscious.

………..

Xu Qi’an summoned the puppet Heng Yin on the second floor and disguised him as “Xu Qian”, and the two of them left the Faodu Pagoda and appeared in the cellar.

The two traveled through the night and soon arrived at the inner hall, which was lit by candlelight and guarded by only two armed monks outside.

Xu Qi’an glanced at Heng Yin, who gave a military salute, “yessir.”

This was the interaction with the corpses, which could fully satisfy the needs of the corpse compulsion, and in the future, when there were more puppets, Xu Qi’an would be able to manipulate them to speak in comedy, duet, and stand-up comedy.

The green-robed Heng Yin strutted with his head held high, stepping out of the darkness to meet the inner hall.

“What a guy!”

The martial monk on the left shouted.

He was just about to go forward to stop him, when the light of the lantern under the eaves illuminated the face of the visitor, and it was clearly Xu Qian, who had appeared in Leizhou.

With a “plop” sound, the two monks fell straight down, their limbs paralyzed.

Then, Heng Yin kicked open the door of the inner hall and saw the Zen masters sitting in a circle, chanting sutras, as well as the six martial arts monks guarding the sides; the three Li Lingsu, who had suffered from bondage; and Jingshen and Jinyuan, who were showing uplifted colors.

“You did come!” Pure Edge laughed.